Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club.
He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a means to promote mountain bike marathons and beach racing. Those two disciplines have races where professionals and amateurs can ride together and bond. He himself was introduced to beach racing by his girlfriend Riejanne Markus, a professional cyclist.
In 2021 Ockeloen followed the tyretracks of Laurens ten Dam and participated in Unbound Gravel. He had a flat tyre and a problematic reparation, early in the race. After a lot of overtaking he finished in 10th place. A year later Laurens ten Dam, Thomas Dekker, Ivar Slik and Ockeloen returned for a whole month of gravel races in the US. Ockeloen won Gravel Locos solo and came third in Rule of Three. Later that year Ockeloen won a bronze medal in the Dutch national championships gravel race. These results moved Canyon to give him a professional contract for 2023.
Major results Road
2008 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 9th Overall Giro della Lunigiana 2010 8th Ronde van Midden-Nederland 2014 9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour 9th Arno Wallaard Memorial 2015 2nd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud 3rd Overall Tour of Fuzhou 7th Overall Tour de Taiwan 9th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
Mountain bike 2014 1st National Beach Race Championships 2016 1st UEC European Beach Race Championships 1st Cross-country marathon, National Championships 2017 1st UEC European Beach Race Championships National Championships 2nd Cross-country marathon 5th Cross-country 2018 1st National Beach Race Championships
Gravel 2021 10th Unbound Gravel 2022 1st Gravel Locos 3rd Rule of three 3rd National Championships 2023 2nd Belgian Waffle Ride - California UCI World Gravel Series 5th Limburg 9th Aachen 8th FNLND GRVL 10th Unbound Gravel
References
External links
Jasper Ockeloen profile at the Royal Dutch Cycling Union website